University of Economics, Prague

Infobox_University
name = University of Economics, Prague
native_name = Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
established = 1919


rector = Prof. Richard Hindls, CSc.
city = Prague
country = Czech Republic
type = Public
students = 15,500
staff = 1,150
faculty =
affiliations = ERASMUS, CEMS , PIM
website = [http://www.vse.cz/english/ www.vse.cz]
address = Nám. W. Churchilla 4, 130 67 Praha 3, Czech Republic, Europe
telephone = [phone]
nickname = VŠE

The University of Economics, Prague, (Czech: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, abbreviated VŠE) is a university located in Prague, Czech Republic.

History

In 1919 "Vysoká škola obchodní" (the Commercial College) was established as a department of the Czech Technical University in Prague. It specialized in wholesale trade, banking and the organization of industrial companies. In 1949 the "Vysoká škola politických a hospodářských věd" (University of Political and Economic Sciences) was established, which was finally renamed to the University of Economics in 1953 in a similar guise to L.S.E.. [ [http://www.vse.cz/english/history.php History | VŠE ] ]

Faculties

*1. Faculty of Finance and Accounting "(Fakulta financí a účetnictví)"
*2. Faculty of International Relations "(Fakulta mezinárodních vztahů)"
*3. Faculty of Business Administration "(Fakulta podnikohospodářská)"
*4. Faculty of Informatics and Statistics "(Fakulta informatiky a statistiky)":Nicknamed "The Four", the Faculty of Informatics and Statistics has a faculty of 100, with about 1,800 students.
*5. Faculty of Economics and Public Administration "(Národohospodářská fakulta)"
*6. Faculty of Management Jindrichuv Hradec "(Fakulta managementu v Jindřichově Hradci)"

The university is located at three campuses. Its main campus is in Prague at Žižkov (coord|50|05|01|N|14|26|28|E|type:edu). A secondary campus is found in Jižní město (coord|50|01|13|N|14|29|34|E|type:edu). The Faculty of Management is the only faculty located separately from the others, at its own campus outside Prague in Jindřichův Hradec (coord|49|08|56|N|15|00|22|E|type:edu).

elected alumni

* Petr Kellner, investor, businessman (one of the worldwide USD billionaires, compiled yearly by Forbes magazine), owner of PPF company [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/0VC2.html Petr Kellner, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com ] ]
* Václav Klaus, president of The Czech Republic (2003-2008), honorary chairman of The Civic-Democratic Party
* Josef Tošovský, prime minister of The Czech Republic (1997-1998), governor of the Czech National Bank (1989-1992 and 1993-2000)
* Zdeněk Tůma, governor of the Czech National Bank (2000-2012)
* Miloš Zeman, prime minister of The Czech Republic 1998-2002
* Martin Jahn, Czech politician and economist
* Jiří Paroubek, prime minister of The Czech Republic (2005-2006), chairman of Czech Social Democratic Party
* Josef Zieleniec, Member of the European Parliament
* Jana Bobošíková, Member of the European Parliament
* Valtr Komárek, economist
* Ivan Mládek, singer

References

External links

* [http://www.vse.cz/english/ University website]
* [http://www.econlib.cz/index-en.html Virtual Economic Library Econlib website]